Why protecting your email is important
Email is an essential part of our daily lives, but it is also a common target for spam and bots. These unwanted messages can cause a lot of frustration and can even compromise your privacy and security. Fortunately, there are ways to protect your email from spam and bots. In this article, we will discuss two simple methods: using an email encoder and writing your email backward using CSS code.
By using an email encoder and writing your email backward using CSS code, you can make it harder for bots to scrape your email address from websites.
Method 1: Using an Email Encoder
One way to protect your email from spam and bots is to use an email encoder. An email encoder is a tool that converts your email address into a format that is not easily recognizable by bots. This makes it harder for bots to scrape your email address from websites and use it for spam.
To use an email encoder, you can visit a website like Knechtology’s email encoder. Simply type in your email address and click “Encode Email.” The website will generate an encoded version of your email that you can use on your website or anywhere else you want to display your email.
To encode your email, simply follow these steps:
Step 1: Visit https://www.knechtology.com/stop-spam/email_encoder.html
Step 2: Type in your email address in the “Enter your email address” field.
Step 3: Click on the “Encode” button to convert your email into an encoded format.
Step 4: Copy the encoded email code that appears in the “Encoded Email Address” field.
Step 5: Replace your email address with the encoded code in your website or email signature.
Step 6: Save the changes and you’re done!
Add your converted email to your HTML code
After converting your email to a hex code, simply paste the hex code between the quotation marks (” “) with your email.
<div>
<a href="mailto:example@mail.com">example@mail.com
example@email.com
</a>
</div>
Method 2: Writing Your Email Backward Using CSS Code
Another way to protect your email from bots is to write your email backward using CSS code. This technique uses the “unicode-bidi” property to reverse the order of the characters in your email address.
To write your email backward, you can use the following CSS code:
.e-mail:before {
content: attr(data-website) "\0040" attr(data-user);
unicode-bidi: bidi-override;
direction: rtl;
}
To use this code, you can add it to the head section of your HTML document inside <style></style> tags.
After adding the css code you can then use the following HTML code to display your email. Using the “data-user” and the “data-website” attributes, you can write the “name” in your email backwards, as well as your domain backwards respectively.
<a href="mailto:example@mail.com">example@mail.com
<span class="e-mail" data-user="elpmaxe" data-website="moc.liame">
</span>
</a>
In conclusion
Protecting your email from spam and bots is essential for maintaining your privacy and security online. By using an email encoder and writing your email backward using CSS code, you can make it harder for bots to scrape your email address from websites. Implementing these methods is easy, and they can go a long way in protecting your email.
If you require any assistance in securing your emails, you can contact us at hello@crowberry.co.za and one of our friendly staff will contact you.
